The article: “Social Sciences Departments Share Staff: History and History of Science departments share staff to cut costs” appears in the Thursday, November 05, 2009 edition of the Harvard Crimson.
The History Department celebrates Laura Johnson’s 25 years of service at Harvard University. Laura has been the Staff Assistant in the Undergraduate Programs Office in Robinson 101 for all of those 25 years.
Professor Patrice Higonnet’s article, “So far, so awful” appears in the October 23, 2009 edition of The Times Literary Supplement.
Rodolfo Pastor is profiled in the October 2, 2009 edition of the Harvard Crimson in the article: “Overthrown Honduras Culture Minister, Now at Harvard, Watches Strife From Afar”
The article “African History Professor Awarded Tenure” appeared in the September 24, 2009 edition of the Harvard Crimson and featered the promotion of Professor Caroline Elkins.
The article “Manlea Appointed History Professor” appeared in the September 3, 2009 edition of the Harvard Crimson.
Keeping with Harvard’s commitment to sustainability, as well as the the Department’s own cost-cutting efforts, this year’s alumni newsletter is completely paperless and available online.
2008-2009 History Department Alumni Newsletter is available here.
Professor Michael McCormick was featured in “Who Killed the Men of England?” by Jonathan Shaw, in the July-August issue of the Harvard Magazine.
Professor Vincent Brown was named one of six Walter Channing Cabot Fellows at Harvard. The announcement was made in the Harvard Gazette and is viewable here.
A memorial service for Professor Ernest May will be held on Wednesday, September 23, 2009, at 3:00 p.m. in Memorial Church, Harvard Yard. There will be a reception after the service, at Loeb House. The following day, Thursday, September 24, 2009, at 4:00 p.m. in the basement conference room of the Center for European Studies, 27 Kirkland Street, the History Department’s International History Seminar, organized by Erez Manela and David Armitage, will host a roundtable devoted to the scholarship of Ernest May. Faculty from the History Department, the Kennedy School, and elsewhere will participate, as a fitting tribute to Ernest’s many contributions to the worlds of history and policy. All are invited to attend both the memorial service and the Seminar.
